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Fancies Versus Fads
Fancies Versus Fads by G.K. Chesterton
A collection of essays on, as he observes up front, various subject. Not very fanciful, a number of them -- the legal question of how the protection of the community allows for massive injustice is obviously deadly serious. One discussing the reaction to an essay he wrote about youngsters who refer to their fathers as "old bean." Dramatic unities. The lack of danger of toy bow and arrows. And more.
A collection of essays on, as he observes up front, various subject. Not very fanciful, a number of them -- the legal question of how the protection of the community allows for massive injustice is obviously deadly serious. One discussing the reaction to an essay he wrote about youngsters who refer to their fathers as "old bean." Dramatic unities. The lack of danger of toy bow and arrows. And more.